Parameters for global ecosystem models

Leif Schulman (), Kalle Ruokolainen and Hanna Tuomisto
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Leif Schulman: Section of Ecology, University of Turku
Kalle Ruokolainen: Section of Ecology, University of Turku
Hanna Tuomisto: Section of Ecology, University of Turku

Nature, 1999, vol. 399, issue 6736, 535-536

Abstract: Abstract We agree that the Terrestrial Ecosystem Model analyses by Tian et al.1 of carbon fluxes of Amazonian ecosystems represent a methodological improvement compared with extrapolation from site-specific estimates2, especially with regard to spatial resolution. However, the resolution of a model cannot be finer than that of the input data, and Tian et al. disregard one important group of ecosystems: peatlands. This is understandable, as the literature grossly underestimates the extent of peatlands in Amazonia. Our estimate is 150,000 km2, ten times more than previously reported.

Date: 1999
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